VEGETATION

VEGETATION

1. TROPICAL EVERGREEN

   • heavy rainfall areas of western ghats / lakshwadeep and andman/nico islands
     • 200 cm rain dry szn
       • reach to heights of 60m +
         • warm wet szn all year
           • forests appear green all yr
             • MAHOGANY ROSEWOOD RUBBER
               • animals: elephants, monkey, deer. birds snails sloths

2. TROPICAL DECIDIOUS

   • Most widespread forest // aka monsoon forests
     • 200 - 70 cm rain
       • moist decidious
         • 200-100 cm rain
       • dry decidious
         • 100-70 CM RAIN
           • rainier parts of penisular plateau
             • peepal & neem
               • lion hoshi elephant
       • eastern part of india
         • foothills of himalayas/ jharkhand odisha // eastern slope of western ghats
           • TEAK BAMBOO SANDALWOOD

3. THORN FOREST AND SCRUBS

   • Less than 70 cm of rain so thorny trees
     • rats / mice / wolf
   • northwestern part gujarat, rajasthan & haryana
   • Palms, cacti
   • trees scattered // deep roots to get underground water
   • succulent leaves to preserve water/ thick smol

4. MONTANE FORESTS

   • ⬇️ TEMP WITH ⬆️ ALTITUDE
     • Wet temperate forests: 1000-2000 m
       • evergreen broad leaf trees 1500-3000 m
         • temperate forests- coniferous, pine, cedar
         • snow leopard, yak, wild sheep
       • evergreen broad leaf trees- oak, chestnuts

5. MANGROVE FORESTS

   • found in areas of coasts influenced by tides
     • dense mangroves= roots submerged in water
       • deltas of ganga, mahanandi, krishna, kaveri covered by this
         • ganga-brahmaputra delta has sundari trees
           • timber, coconut.
         • royal bengal hoshi, turtles, snakes